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Hunters Country House
Hunters Country House
Hunters Country House
Hunters Country House
Hunters Country House
Hunters Country House

Reviews of Hunters Country House

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13 independent comments and wildlife information from our travellers who have visited Hunters Country House and kindly agreed to share their thoughts. They do not necessarily represent the views of Expert Africa

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Mr and Mrs A
UK

"Hunters Country House review"

2 nights Arrived 30 Jul 2023
"Fantastic hotel. Good restaurant options.

Check where kids can eat if travelling with children as a little complex." See all these reviews: 12n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Good
Mr T
Bangkok

"Hunters Country House review"

4 nights Arrived 15 Apr 2023
"Probably our most enjoyable stay in this trip and happy that we spent 4 nights here.

Super-comfortable family rooms, great food and service, we also enjoyed walking in their garden.

Conveniently located between Knysna and Plettenberg Bay with so many areas to visit and different activities on offer, we could have spent a week here and would have no hesitation to stay at Hunters Country House again." See all these reviews: 17n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs G
Bucks

"Hunters Country House"

4 nights Arrived 2 Feb 2020
"Unfortunately the weather was very damp during our stay. Our house in the grounds was in a very lush vegetation area and smelt of damp when the door opened. All our clothes that we did hang in cupboards smelt unpleasantly.

We had dinner the first evening in the hotel bistro restaurant and the service was poor.

Only by talking to other guests did we discover there was a very good restaurant called Zinzi in the grounds of Hunters. There was very little help regarding our activities in the area apart from asking if we wanted to eat in their restaurants each evening." See all these reviews: 18n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Good
Service:
Average
Activities:
Average
Rooms:
Average
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Graham
Purley

"Lovely country house on the garden route"

3 nights Arrived 18 Aug 2019
"The Hunters Country House looks stunning and highly maintained. The food is good and the staff try soooo hard to please, that actually it is a little too much.
We were there out of season too and the room needed airing.

If they could relax a little it would be more enjoyable, but we still give it four stars and would go back" See all these reviews: 10n in South Africa; 6n in Seychelles
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Good

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Activities:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Good
Mr & Mrs H
Maningtree

"Hunters Country House review"

3 nights Arrived 14 Apr 2019
"Wonderful grounds with excellent accommodation all round.

Very friendly and helpful staff." See all these reviews: 15n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr D.T.R
Corby

"Wonderful venue with lots to do around Plett"

5 nights Arrived 19 Oct 2018
"Wonderful venue with plenty to do around Plettenburg.

Great restaurants on site" See all these reviews: 8n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Good
Mr G & Mrs C
London

"Hunters Country House review"

3 nights Arrived 17 Mar 2018
"Fabulous, sizeable thatched cottages set in their own gardens. A great place to relax and explore the surrounding area. Three restaurants on site providing a great choice of food. Will definitely return." See all these reviews: 9n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs C
WestBridg

"Lovely stay at Hunters Country House"

3 nights Arrived 28 Nov 2017
"A lovely, characterful hotel in beautiful grounds, and with vey good and helpful staff. Very good location just outside stunning Plettenberg Bay, with its great beaches and good food and shopping.

The room was very pleasant, although possibly a bit snug, and we always had to remember the small step down into the bathroom - I bet they have an unusually high incidence of sprained ankles amongst guests! One small touch that could do with addressing by the hotel is the fit of the room doors - whilst it was lovely to come back after dinner to a turned down bed, also with delicious sweet nibbles on our bedside tables, the gap at the bottom of the room door was exploited by the local insect life, who were attracted by the bedside lights and resulted in a ten-minute game of "hunt and remove the bug" every evening! But these are minor points really in an otherwise delightful stay.

The grounds are superb, and the pool and lounger area, plus covered lounge with fireplace and armchairs, wonderful for spending a relaxing day, waited on by the helpful staff. It's also worth hunting out the tiny Chapel in the Woods, five minutes' walk from the hotel, which is a beautiful oasis of holy peace.

We ate in the Hotel on one evening of our stay, which was very pleasant in a slightly 'colonial' way, but on the other two nights dined at Zinzi, a short walk away across the Hotel grounds. This was altogether different, with a much more modern feel (think silver-sprayed kudu horns adorning the walls!) and an excellent, creative menu and wine list. the food was top-notch on both occasions, although on the second evening service did not reach the heights of our first dinner.

Overall, we thoroughly recommend Hunters as a relaxing stop-off between Cape Town and environs, and the game parks to the north of Port Elizabeth." See all these reviews: 11n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Excellent
Service:
Good
Rooms:
Good
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr W & Ms W + kids
NL

"Super stay in Hunters"

3 nights Arrived 17 Nov 2017
"This was one of the highlights of our trip. The staff was excellent and also great with our kids (they called the waiter, Louis, their friend).

The room was much better than we could have possibly expected with a private pool and plenty of room.

The kids also really enjoyed 'cubs corner'.

When we ask them about their trip to South Africa they still list it as one of the highlights." See all these reviews: 14n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Good
Facilities:
Excellent
Mr & Mrs B
Suffolk

"Superb stay at Hunters"

3 nights Arrived 11 Jan 2016
"What a fantastic place! We loved it (despite one chilly afternoon and a wet morning).

The gardens are beautiful, the garden suites are gorgeous and spacious, the private pool and terrace were delightful and the staff were helpful.

Breakfast (spread and service) not quite as good as the Twelve Apostles but the dinners were excellent. We ate in Zinzi's one night but were unable to get a table at Tsala. Again, with hindsight we would have pre-booked Tsala which I think would have suited us better than Zinzi's.

Welcomed with a bottle of sparkling wine and deli platter in our room to celebrate Wedding Anniversary - a lovely touch. Fruit bowl in room too - a great idea." See all these reviews: 8n in South Africa
Experience Report
Overall Rating:
Excellent

Location:
Good
Service:
Excellent
Activities:
Excellent
Rooms:
Excellent
Food:
Excellent
Facilities:
Excellent
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